O-Ren's Ishii Sakura Blossom shirasaya Kill Bill Sword

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O-Rens Ishii Sakura Blossom shirasaya

O-Ren's sword was only seen using this sword twice. First time was during the Yakuza bosses council meeting where she is seen decapitating Boss Tanaka for bring up her Chinese and American heritage as a negative. The second and last time, is when she and Beatrix Kiddo fight with both of their swords. The lack of a hand guard (tsuba) or handle wrapping classifies this sword as a Shirasaya, or plain scabbard weapon. The traditional use of this type of fitting was to store blades properly while not in use. Her particular sword is notable due to the sakura (cherry blossom) design on the handle (tsuka).